Hitler’s Bomb

Synopsis: In 1939, as Europe perpared for war, the Nazis led the world in the race for the atomic bomb. Yet six years later it was the Americans who dropped the first nuclear bomb. Did scientific errors rob Hitler of the one weatpon that could have defeated the Allies? Or was there a conspiracy of anti-Nazi scientists to deny it to him? The programme reveals a surprising solution. Anthony Bate plays Niels Bohr, and Philip Anthony is Werner Heisenberg.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 24 Feb 1992.
Subjects: History
Keywords: Nazi Germany; nuclear weapons; World War II

Producer

Cast

Anthony Bate
Philip Anthony

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